‘Hey man, it’s all good’: Brooklyn Nets guard not upset at remarks about his hair

Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin looks to pass the ball during the first half of the team's preseason NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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‘Hey man, it’s all good’: Brooklyn Nets guard not upset at remarks about his hair

Despite ex-Brooklyn Net Kenyon Martin saying that current Nets player Jeremy Lin shouldn’t have dreads as a hairstyle, Lin says “it’s all good.”

Martin posted a video to Instagram, according to ESPN, saying that Lin’s decision to have dreadlocks made it seem as though he wanted to “be black.”

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"Do I need to remind this d--- boy that his last name Lin?" Martin said in the video. "Like, come on man. Let's stop this, man, with these people, man. There is no way possible that he would have made it on one of our teams with that bulls--- goin' on on his head. Come on man, somebody need to tell him, like, 'All right bro, we get it. You wanna be black.' Like, we get it. But the last name is Lin."

Lin responded on social media saying, “Hey man, it's all good. You definitely don't have to like my hair and [are] definitely entitled to your opinion.”

He continued, "Actually I [am] legit grateful [for] you sharin it [to be honest]. At the end of the day, I appreciate that I have dreads and you have Chinese tattoos [because] I think its a sign of respect. And I think as minorities, the more that we appreciate each other's cultures, the more we influence mainstream society. Thanks for everything you did for the Nets and hoops ... had your poster up on my wall growin up."